Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.183: Large globular jar (weng) Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Large globular jar (weng) , 2006.170.183,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/192947. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.183 Title Large globular jar (weng) Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 灰陶瓮 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 206 BCE-9 CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/192947 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware Dimensions H. 51.1 x Diam. 56.5 cm (20 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, April 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.183 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Large jar of slightly compressed globular form with broad shoulders, wide body, and lower portion gently tapering inward to a small flat base; lightly burnished dark gray earthenware. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware jar of closely related form excavated from a late Western Han to early Eastern Han period tomb in Nanyang, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 3 (1984): 29, fig. 11. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol.07 (Spring 1998), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1998), no. 45, pp. 154-155 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
